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Stainless Steering bush fitting guide
This is a fitting guide on how to fit the Driftworks Stainless Steel bush .
The car I used to do this guide is a Nissan Skyline R32 Drift car but the S13 200sx and a couple of other nissans share the same steering components.
The Driftworks Stainless steel bush replaces a rubber unit that is located in your steering column, its designed to reduce vibrations and noise into the driving area but its downfall is it makes the steering feel like its got play in it this is why it is important you add this to the list of mods you have planned for your drift beast 
Tools you'll need
1. Spanner and socket set with extension bars and Universal joint.
2. Hammer
3. Set of ramps
4. A torch or a light so you can see what you’re doing
5. Some sort of thread lock
Getting started
Get the car into a save working position and make sure you put axle stands under the car while working under neath it. Be also warned while working under old cars rust and other items can fall off the car into your eyes so wear safety glasses while under the car.
1. First locate the steering column under the car, it will be on the drives side beside the engine, use the picture below as reference to what you’re looking for, you'll see there is a round joint half way down the column this is the joint we will be changing.
2. you'll see there are 4 bolts retaining the assembly together; you need to undo the two nuts facing down
3. Select a suitable extension bar and use a universal joint to get onto the nut square as you don't want to round it off, undo both nuts
4. in the picture below you'll see under the joint we are undoing there is an other universal joint with a bolt, undo this so you can slide the lot down to clear the bolts that you've just undo (as this universal joint is on a spline so it can slide in quite far)
5. Now slide it down towards the rack and move it to the side, then pull it out of the lower universal joint so you can remove it off the car for easier installation.
6. With it off the car you can take it to a bench and install the new stainless steel bush
7. Like you did with it on the car you need to remove the nuts (the bolt will not turn as it’s pressed in. So undo the nut 
In the next two photos you can see what its replaces, the rubber is very flexible and the steel is not 
8. After removing the nuts and taking all the bits off you need to start putting it back together, do so in the same way it came apart but instead of the rubber bush fit the stainless steel one in its place.
9. When you take the rubber bush off these stainless spacers just push out, remember the Patten that they came off in as this will give you a good visual reminder how to insert them into the steel one.
10. Offer them up to the holes and lightly tap them into the desired position make sure they are flush with the surface of the bush.
11. This is what it should look like when all tapped in
12. Next there are 4 nylon bushes to go onto the spacers.
13. Insert them like this. (also on the other side)
PUTTING IT BACK TOGETHER
14. Best way to do this is to but it somewhere where you've got both hands free to place all the bits back right, I just clamped it between my legs so I could work with it easily 
15. First put the first washer back on, remember it must be upside down 
16. Now place the steel bush that you assembled earlier onto this, making sure the spacers are facing downwards like in the picture below so it stands up so to speak.
17. Now put the other washer on top of the bush
18. Refit the two nuts and use a bit of lock tight so they don't come apart 
With it all assembled back together it should look like this.
19. Now offer it back upto the car in the same way you removed it, into the rack first then slide it up to the joint
20. Refit the two nuts and remember to use lock tight 
21. Tighten the bolt back up for the universal joint and you’re all finished and ready to go and experience your first positive non-wobbly drift
Enjoy.
Hope this guide helps and as the title suggests it’s only a guide, so use it as one
Thank you to Dori-UK for using their ramps
Richard Clarke.
(SuperClarkey)
